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Volume XC, Number 52 University of Southern California Thursday, April 30 198^
Admissions committee proposes program for transfer students
By Brian Johnson
Staff Writer
The admissions committee . of the President’s Advisory Council discussed a proposal that would establish a Transfer Access Program similar to one that is used for entering fresh-mt’il, yesterday.
Currently, a 2.5 minimum grade point average is required for students transferring to the university from a junior college. Under the access program, a limited number of students that fall just short of the requirement would be granted admission on the condition that they take part in special counseling and advisement programs.
Joseph Kertes, assistant dean of Social Sciences and Communications, commented on the proposed program, "The fdea is to create a pilot program accommodating 20 to 25 stude;'.:s for the fall semester. These will be students that have already been refused by the admissions department and fall under the standards of the access program.”
The question that led to the access program idea was whether m in it the 2.5 GPA re-
quirement was an accurate measure of a student’s potential for success in college.
J. Tillman Hall, chairman of the Physical Education department, said, "I have seen many high school students who did not mature and develop while
‘The idea is to create a pilot program accommodating 20 to 25 students for the fall semester’
they were in high school. They did not leari) the skills necessary to do well in college, so they go to a junior college for two years. Some of these transfer to a university such as this, still without a good understanding of general education classes. They do not do very well until they begin to study in their areas of specialization, then their interest picks up and their grades improve.”
The Transfer Access Program is designed to identify students such as this and give them an opportunity to attend the university and receive special assistance to help them sort out
their problems and solve them.
Henry Birnbaum, assistant vice president of Academic Affairs, said, "There is a great amount of rigidity in the admissions standards that are not helpful to people who are still trying to find themselves. The more opportunities that exist in the system for such people, the better the system is.”
The committee is planning a small-scale experiment to determine the feasibility of an access program, and the number of students who would be eligible for consideration.
‘‘The pilot program will be small,” said Kertes. “We want to introduce the pilot in the fall of 1981, or by the spring semester at the latest. If it works, we will adopt it on a larger scale,” Birnbaum said.
The committee has arranged for a subcommittee to study the proposal and make recommendations on organization and standards for the program.
No serious objections to the proposal have yet to be raised but he admissions committee is worried about the costs involved in setting up and staff-(Continued on page 3)
Staff Photo by Robert Potter
STATUS SYMBOL — Fifty-three percent of America is now drinking water contaminated with fizzy bubbles. Poland Spring is one of the leading competitors. See story on Page 2.
University Food Service meal prices compared
UCLA, Burger King have lower prices
By Katy Smith
Staff Writer
“I think for the money students here pay they get good food,” said Neil Hurshfield, the director of food service, in response to a question about the university food prices compared to two other major universities and local resturants. “If they want steak for dinner every night then they would have to pay $1,000 instead of $700.”
Stanford Food Service, which provides only dorm facilities, figures their 19-meal plan at $6.58 per day and the 14-meal plan at $6.18 per day.
Here, although the meal plan prices are figured on a flat fee per semester, the daily price works out to be $6.74 per day for the 20-meal plan.
Associated Students of UCLA, an independent student corporation which is not'subsidized b\ the state, runs nine restaurants where the prices ire a dollar to 15c cheaper than they are here. Based of a survey done by ASUCLA in Dec. 1980, a cheese burger at UCLA costs $1.10, while here, one o‘. equal size costs $1.85.
A quarter-pounder with cheese at Burger King costs $1.19, while at the Sidewalk
Cafe one of equal size is $1.65. At 32nd Street Market, a Johnson's Lowfat Yoguart is 45c bul at fhp Grill the same product costs 75c.
‘ Food service is the most expensive service to run,” Hurshfield said. The cost of meat and groceries are expected to go up 15 to 20 percent next year because of inflation, he said. Food service labor costs, alone, are double that of any other area, he said.
Unlike Stanford and ASUCLA, the university hired local residents, some of whom have been working here for 15 or 20 years, not students, to work in
WINNERS PICKED FROM 6.000 ENTRIES
USC wins national film awards
By George Aguilar
Five university cinema production students won honors at the 5th annual Films of College and University Students (FOCUS) awards ceremony sponsored by the Nissan Corporation.
The film competition at the Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles, featured sixteen winners nationwide. The students won first prizes and honorable mention.
Albert Magnoli, a graduate student in the cinema school, won first place in the filmmaking and the editing and sound categories for his film Jazz, receiving $4,000 and a new Datsun 210 automobile.
James Sadwith, a graduate student in the cinema department, won first place in the screen-writing category for his screenplay, The Match. Sadwith was presented with $2,000, a new Datsun 210 and a two-week internship with the National Lampoon movie division in Los Angeles.
David Wild, a graduate student in the cinema department, was the winner in the sound achievement category for his work on Magnoli's film, Jazz.. Wild won $1,000.
In the filmmaking category, Stephen Johnson, a graduate student in cinema, won honorable mention and $250 for his animated film, Homebody. Sean Phillips, a graduate student in cinema, also won honorable mention and $250 for his animation of Armageddon.
The cinema department won an institutional award of $4,000 in sound equipment because five of its students were winners.
More than $60,000 in money and prizes were awarded to the winners from 6,000 entries.
Magnoli’s film, Jazz , is about three local jazz musicians who are trying to make it in the music industry. It is a story about the struggles and the conflicts between them in their attempt to break (Continued on page 6)
the food service facilities. Hurshfield, who was appointed as food service director in November 1980, said he could not comment on the situation
when most of the local residents were hired. He also added that the L.A. local union.
(Continued on page 3)
DT correction
In a series of three articles published on March 9, 10 and 11, 1981, the Daily Trojan made certain statements concerning the Southwestern University School of Law which were incorrect.
The Daily Trojan wishes to correct any erroneous impression it may have created that Southwestern was ever accused of falsifying. or did in fact falsify any bar examination passage rate. Southwestern, at the request of another newspaper, made an estimate of its bar passage rate before the State Committee of Bar Examiners released information necessary for an accurate calculation of that rate. Southwestern's estimate proved not to be accurate.
The Daily Trojan did not mean to imply any impropriety orj conflict of interest on the part of Southwestern's Dean Taylor! in reporting that a bar review organization had claimed that! Southwestern’s dean had a financial involvement with a com- j peting bar review organization. The dean does not in fact have J any such relationship nor has he had any such relationship since 1976.
In reporting that Southwestern s chief financial officer was incorrectly listed as a CPA in a Southwestern catalog, the Daily Trojan did not mean to imply that Southwestern had attempted to defraud donors, nor that Southwestern could not be trusted to safekeep funds.
Various allegations concerning Southwestern have been made by a former student, Robert Schlesinger, in complaints filed with the American Bar Association and in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Schlesinger’s charges have been denied by Southwestern. As stated in one of the articles, an ABA hearing officer concluded that the dismissal of Schlesinger from the school did not violate ABA standards. The Daily Trojan did not mean to imply that the charges of Mr. Schlesinger or those of others mentioned in the articles were accurate. The Daily Trojan reported and commented upon those allegations as part of its duty to discuss matters of public interest and in particular, matters concerning management of graduate institutions which university students may wish to attend. The Daily Trojan regrets causing the Southwestern University School of Law any embarrassment by reason of inaccuracies in the series of articles.

dto% trojan
Volume XC, Number 52 University of Southern California Thursday, April 30 198^
Admissions committee proposes program for transfer students
By Brian Johnson
Staff Writer
The admissions committee . of the President’s Advisory Council discussed a proposal that would establish a Transfer Access Program similar to one that is used for entering fresh-mt’il, yesterday.
Currently, a 2.5 minimum grade point average is required for students transferring to the university from a junior college. Under the access program, a limited number of students that fall just short of the requirement would be granted admission on the condition that they take part in special counseling and advisement programs.
Joseph Kertes, assistant dean of Social Sciences and Communications, commented on the proposed program, "The fdea is to create a pilot program accommodating 20 to 25 stude;'.:s for the fall semester. These will be students that have already been refused by the admissions department and fall under the standards of the access program.”
The question that led to the access program idea was whether m in it the 2.5 GPA re-
quirement was an accurate measure of a student’s potential for success in college.
J. Tillman Hall, chairman of the Physical Education department, said, "I have seen many high school students who did not mature and develop while
‘The idea is to create a pilot program accommodating 20 to 25 students for the fall semester’
they were in high school. They did not leari) the skills necessary to do well in college, so they go to a junior college for two years. Some of these transfer to a university such as this, still without a good understanding of general education classes. They do not do very well until they begin to study in their areas of specialization, then their interest picks up and their grades improve.”
The Transfer Access Program is designed to identify students such as this and give them an opportunity to attend the university and receive special assistance to help them sort out
their problems and solve them.
Henry Birnbaum, assistant vice president of Academic Affairs, said, "There is a great amount of rigidity in the admissions standards that are not helpful to people who are still trying to find themselves. The more opportunities that exist in the system for such people, the better the system is.”
The committee is planning a small-scale experiment to determine the feasibility of an access program, and the number of students who would be eligible for consideration.
‘‘The pilot program will be small,” said Kertes. “We want to introduce the pilot in the fall of 1981, or by the spring semester at the latest. If it works, we will adopt it on a larger scale,” Birnbaum said.
The committee has arranged for a subcommittee to study the proposal and make recommendations on organization and standards for the program.
No serious objections to the proposal have yet to be raised but he admissions committee is worried about the costs involved in setting up and staff-(Continued on page 3)
Staff Photo by Robert Potter
STATUS SYMBOL — Fifty-three percent of America is now drinking water contaminated with fizzy bubbles. Poland Spring is one of the leading competitors. See story on Page 2.
University Food Service meal prices compared
UCLA, Burger King have lower prices
By Katy Smith
Staff Writer
“I think for the money students here pay they get good food,” said Neil Hurshfield, the director of food service, in response to a question about the university food prices compared to two other major universities and local resturants. “If they want steak for dinner every night then they would have to pay $1,000 instead of $700.”
Stanford Food Service, which provides only dorm facilities, figures their 19-meal plan at $6.58 per day and the 14-meal plan at $6.18 per day.
Here, although the meal plan prices are figured on a flat fee per semester, the daily price works out to be $6.74 per day for the 20-meal plan.
Associated Students of UCLA, an independent student corporation which is not'subsidized b\ the state, runs nine restaurants where the prices ire a dollar to 15c cheaper than they are here. Based of a survey done by ASUCLA in Dec. 1980, a cheese burger at UCLA costs $1.10, while here, one o‘. equal size costs $1.85.
A quarter-pounder with cheese at Burger King costs $1.19, while at the Sidewalk
Cafe one of equal size is $1.65. At 32nd Street Market, a Johnson's Lowfat Yoguart is 45c bul at fhp Grill the same product costs 75c.
‘ Food service is the most expensive service to run,” Hurshfield said. The cost of meat and groceries are expected to go up 15 to 20 percent next year because of inflation, he said. Food service labor costs, alone, are double that of any other area, he said.
Unlike Stanford and ASUCLA, the university hired local residents, some of whom have been working here for 15 or 20 years, not students, to work in
WINNERS PICKED FROM 6.000 ENTRIES
USC wins national film awards
By George Aguilar
Five university cinema production students won honors at the 5th annual Films of College and University Students (FOCUS) awards ceremony sponsored by the Nissan Corporation.
The film competition at the Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles, featured sixteen winners nationwide. The students won first prizes and honorable mention.
Albert Magnoli, a graduate student in the cinema school, won first place in the filmmaking and the editing and sound categories for his film Jazz, receiving $4,000 and a new Datsun 210 automobile.
James Sadwith, a graduate student in the cinema department, won first place in the screen-writing category for his screenplay, The Match. Sadwith was presented with $2,000, a new Datsun 210 and a two-week internship with the National Lampoon movie division in Los Angeles.
David Wild, a graduate student in the cinema department, was the winner in the sound achievement category for his work on Magnoli's film, Jazz.. Wild won $1,000.
In the filmmaking category, Stephen Johnson, a graduate student in cinema, won honorable mention and $250 for his animated film, Homebody. Sean Phillips, a graduate student in cinema, also won honorable mention and $250 for his animation of Armageddon.
The cinema department won an institutional award of $4,000 in sound equipment because five of its students were winners.
More than $60,000 in money and prizes were awarded to the winners from 6,000 entries.
Magnoli’s film, Jazz , is about three local jazz musicians who are trying to make it in the music industry. It is a story about the struggles and the conflicts between them in their attempt to break (Continued on page 6)
the food service facilities. Hurshfield, who was appointed as food service director in November 1980, said he could not comment on the situation
when most of the local residents were hired. He also added that the L.A. local union.
(Continued on page 3)
DT correction
In a series of three articles published on March 9, 10 and 11, 1981, the Daily Trojan made certain statements concerning the Southwestern University School of Law which were incorrect.
The Daily Trojan wishes to correct any erroneous impression it may have created that Southwestern was ever accused of falsifying. or did in fact falsify any bar examination passage rate. Southwestern, at the request of another newspaper, made an estimate of its bar passage rate before the State Committee of Bar Examiners released information necessary for an accurate calculation of that rate. Southwestern's estimate proved not to be accurate.
The Daily Trojan did not mean to imply any impropriety orj conflict of interest on the part of Southwestern's Dean Taylor! in reporting that a bar review organization had claimed that! Southwestern’s dean had a financial involvement with a com- j peting bar review organization. The dean does not in fact have J any such relationship nor has he had any such relationship since 1976.
In reporting that Southwestern s chief financial officer was incorrectly listed as a CPA in a Southwestern catalog, the Daily Trojan did not mean to imply that Southwestern had attempted to defraud donors, nor that Southwestern could not be trusted to safekeep funds.
Various allegations concerning Southwestern have been made by a former student, Robert Schlesinger, in complaints filed with the American Bar Association and in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Schlesinger’s charges have been denied by Southwestern. As stated in one of the articles, an ABA hearing officer concluded that the dismissal of Schlesinger from the school did not violate ABA standards. The Daily Trojan did not mean to imply that the charges of Mr. Schlesinger or those of others mentioned in the articles were accurate. The Daily Trojan reported and commented upon those allegations as part of its duty to discuss matters of public interest and in particular, matters concerning management of graduate institutions which university students may wish to attend. The Daily Trojan regrets causing the Southwestern University School of Law any embarrassment by reason of inaccuracies in the series of articles.